Spatiotemporal variations in mean height of 17-year-old students born in 1957-2002 across 47 Japanese prefectures: Evidence from School Health Surveys.
Adolescents
Inequalities
Mean height
School Health Survey
Spatiotemporal analysis
Journal
Economics and human biology
ISSN: 1873-6130
Titre abrégé: Econ Hum Biol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101166135
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
12
03
2023
revised:
27
06
2023
accepted:
18
07
2023
medline:
28
11
2023
pubmed:
3
8
2023
entrez:
2
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This paper examines the secular trends and variations in mean height of 17-year-old students born in 1957-2002 across 47 prefectures in Japan. Mean height is consistently lower in southwest prefectures and greater in prefectures in the Greater Tokyo Area and from the south-central area to the north-western area facing Eurasia in the main island. Both the range and the coefficient of variation stay constant in the cohorts born during the 1970s or later, following rapid increases of mean height in the prefectures that initially have the lowest means. A comprehensive policy framework may be needed to address diverse factors affecting the physical growth of adolescents at the subnational level.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37531912
pii: S1570-677X(23)00064-3
doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101283
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101283Informations de copyright
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